Squeezer.



No. 785,727. PATENTED MAR. z8, 1905K R. B. GILGHRIST. SQUEEZER.

APPLICATION FILED HAY 28, 1904.

' Eweuri UNTTED STATES Patented March .28, 1905.

RAYMOND B. GILCHRIST, OE NEVARK, NEV JERSEY.

SQUEEZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 785,727, dated March 28, 1905.

Application filed May 28, 1904. Serial No. 210,161.

To rtl/Z whom it 11a/(ty concern:

Be it known that 1, RAYMOND B. GILCHRIST, a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Squeezers, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description.

rlhe invention relates more particularly to devices for expressing the juice from lemons, limes, and the like.

The invention consists in the novel features hereinafter set forth, and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a device embodying' the invention, the compressing member being shown in closed position. Eig. 2 is a similar view showing the members in open position, parts being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective of the holder.

The compressing members are sustained by a frame or support comprising the bracketsection 10, which may be provided with a clamp 12 for attachment to a counter or table, and a section 11, removably secured in section 10 by lugs 13, which rest in sockets 14, formed in the bracketsection. The compressing members are sustained by frame-section 11 and are removable therewith forconvenience in cleaning'.

The device comprises a holder 16 for the article from which the juice is to be expressed and a plunger or cone 17, adapted to enter the holder. The holder and plunger constitute the compressing members. The holder is pivotally sustained by a pin 18, andthe plunger is secured to a lever 19, which is pivotally sustained by a pin 20. The pivots of the compressing members respectively are eccentrieally disposed with respect to each other. The purpose of this relative arrangement of pivotal connections is to provide a device in which the members will be simultaneously shifted to bring them from open position to closed position and to tilt the holderinto position to discharge the juice.

The plunger being secured to the lever is positively swung about fulcrum 2O when the handle 21 of lever 19 is operated. The holder of the operation of the lever in one direction and until the plunger has engaged or penetrated the article in the holder sufficiently to cause the compressing members to swing t0- gether. A coil-spring 25 has one of its ends arranged to press the holder upwardly under restriction of lever surface 23, wherewith abutment 22 contacts. The spring causes the holder to move upwardly in one direction when the lever is operated to withdraw the plunger from the holder. Abutment 22 is so arranged that when the cone has entered and presses against the article in the holder during the squeezing operation the plungerl will not be positively shifted by the lever, because the abutment is yieldingly held against the lever-surface 23, thus permitting the holder to adjust itself around the article therein, and so all portions of the article will be subjected to substantially the same pressure.

A lugI 27 on the holder engages the support to restrict the downward travel of the members, and a lug 28 on lever 19 limits travel thereof in reverse direction.

If desired. the device may be provided with a vessel-support 29, adjustably secured by a clamp-screw 30 to a rod 31, which is suspended from bracket 10. The plunger is provided with a iange 17' to direct the juice to a spout at the lower portion of the plunger, and the holder is also provided with a spout 16' and cut away, as at 16, to permit a linger to be inserted between the lemon and the holder-wall to remove the article. The operation is as follows: lll/Then the device is to be used, lever 19 is shifted to bring the parts into position shown in Fig. 2. Holder 16 will then be in position to receive and retain an article, and the compressing members will be separated. Lever 19 will then be swung into position shown in Fig. 1. During such shift the plunger will be swung about pivot 20, and leversurface 23 will swing the holder about eccentric pivot 18 against the force of spring 25 until the cone has penetrated and engaged the article in the holder, and then the holder will IOO adjust itself with respect to the plunger so the pressure will be equally distributed around the interposed article and the holder will be forced to swing downwardly simultaneously with the plunger and lever. The members swinging about relatively eccentric pivots during such operation of the lever will be tilted into position to discharge the eX pressed juice and will be simultaneously forced into closed position to express the juice from the interposed article. Reverse shift of lever 19 will cause the members to simultaneously swing into spread or open position. After the plunger is withdrawn from the holder spring 25 presses the holder to continue its upward movement under restriction of the lever and yielding-ly retains the holder in position. ln practice it has been found that the residue of the article in the holder after a squeezing operation cannot be easily removed when the holder is in position to receive and hold alemon. Being yieldingly held by spring 25 the holder can be swung downwardly and independently of the lever to facilitate removal of the residue from theholder, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2.

An important resultant advantage of the invention is that the members are free for relative self-adjustment during the squeezing operation and are simultaneously operated to express the juice from the article and shifted from one position to the other. Another advantage is that while the members are adapted for simultaneous operation from one position to the other the holder is free to be moved independently of the cone, so the residue can be easily and quickly removed.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ism

l. In a squeezer, the combination of two compressing members, pivoted relatively, eccentric with respect to each other, a lever whereto one of the members is secured, the other member being also shifted in one direction by the lever and means yieldingly holding the latter member in position with respect to the lever-sustained member.

2. In asqueezer, the combination of two compressing members,pivoted relatively, eccentric with respect to each other, a lever whereto one of the members is secured, and means whereby both members will be simultaneously shifted, one of said members being movable about its pivot independently of the other member.

3. ln a squeezer, the combination of two compressing members,pivoted relatively, eccentric with respect to each other, a lever whereto one of the members is secured, an abutment on the other member, whereby the lever will shift said latter member in one direction, and a spring pressing said latter member in the other direction, and whereby said latter member will be free to be shifted about its pivot independently of the member sustained by the lever.

RAYMOND B. GILGHRIST. Vitnesses:

ALFRED CLARKE, MAE OsBoRN. 

